. police are investigating a fire and they are calling it suspense. -- suspicious. also 100 for missing teen sierra lemar, what is being done today to generate new leads in the case. a massive gas fire is

raising questions about the pay pg&e handled the situation. ktvu channel 2 morning news continues. well, good morning to you welcome to wednesday, it is june 13th, i am dave clark. >> and i am pam cook, let's check in with steve paulson, is it going to warm up? >> not depending on last few days. there is a lot of clouds and low fog inland and it will burn off, still mild to warm for some but by the coast 50s and 60s and there is too much fog even some local drizzle. here is sal with an update on traffic. as you mentioned there is drizzle in some parts of the baez specially near the coast. this morning's commute may be affect by that but marin county looks good and headlights are on, on the way in to novato. let's go to the desk.

an arson investigation on the peninsular, a suspicious early morning fire, lorraine has been out there all morning from the fire scene, lorraine? >> reporter: fire investigators are on the scene right now and they are interviewing potential witnesses this morning because they think this fire was set deliberately. they want to make sure clues are collected without any disturbance. the hurley morning -- early morning fire started with five cars on fire at the same time. the flames spread from the car port to the building at 2:00 a.m.ment for now the whole -- for now the whole building is vacant and the building was evacuated and everybody got out safely. >> it made our job much easier at that point.

we sheltering the local community center and six people are displaced by the fire in the heavily damaged units. >> the -- >> reporter: the american red cross is helping families and arson investigators are expecting to spend most of the morning out here. lorraine blanco ktvu channel 2 morning news. a 17-year-old boy was shot and killed right in front of an elementary school in san jose. he was walking outside of rocket ship elementary school and he was shot several times there and died at the scene. this happened 6:20 in the evening and neighbors say a lot of gang activity happens in the area but there is still no motive known and no arrests have been made. there is a case of missing morgan hill teen sierra lemar. her parents will increase the

reward and in april the reward jumped from $10,000 to 2 5,000 and the criteria changed to include finding her or any information leading to the prosecution or finding those responsible for her disappearance. the search will soon begin. they are questioning pg&e's response to the natural gas-x motion that -- natural gas explosion which caused a big fire. a gas line was ruptured while a construction worker was working. gas flowed uncontrolled for almost two hours as firefighters battled those flames. >> pg&e was challenged to try and determine the location of the shut off. they had to breach the concrete

twice to find the shutoff and it took longer than i would have liked, yes. >> pg&e got to the scene within 20 minutes and they could not immediately stop the leak because of all the flames. the construction worker suffered burns on his face and three firefighters sufficiented minor injuries. they will find citations hitting at meadow park. membrane technology and research has been fined and cited by cal osha after a sign taste died -- scientist died. they are thinking about filing criminal charges. they are appealing penalties. jamie diamond will testify on the trading loss that cost the bank billions of dollars. coming up, we have an advance look at the testimony diamond

has prepared for that. governor brown says he and democrats can't agree how to close the $15.7 million deficit. they cut the welfare to working program and other programs. if lawmakers don't have a budget on the governor's desk by then, they will begin losing their pay >> >> time now 6:05 sal is back how are they looking? >> it is becoming more crowded before you make it into san francisco, you may have to use it in san francisco and the morning commute has not been significantly delayed by the fog yet. take a look at interstate 880, that looks good northbound and yesterday they had the bick probably and we don't -- big

problem and we don't have anything just yet. and over to caster valley, nothing too bad and it looks good across the bay, san mateo is looking good as well. local drill, cooler for all sal touch -- local drizzle cooler for all, still some upper 80s and that will not be the case as we continue to see temperatures drop off. we will go 80 and 75 the city and daily city, 68. too much fog already making a business, southwest or northwest, it is all there. the higher elevations are running 5 degrees cooler and

those are all screaming messages. these are 5 degrees cooler and some have been closer to 60. that system is moving to the north and it will be back it looks like by the weekend. butty and 60s and 70s and low- to-mid 80s and concord walnut creek, 80 danville, 86 gilroy san mateo, 70 san mateo, billing game, woodside redwood city 72. two days ago they whether 75.

it does look breezy inland especially inland. arizona's order special immigration training and how it is related to the immigration law. >> these i need to protect myself. >> he said he has to protect himself against the people catting inside his house. and the latest drug cartel is arrested, he is accused of laundering money here in the u.s.

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. a mexican drug cartel reportedly laundered a million dollars a month through bets on horse racing. they arrested 7 people including the head of that drug cartel. they said the drug cartel purchased american quarter horses. they named the horses after drug cartels and they won several races. new this morning, syrian state television says they have retake enroll of the village of halfer after eight days of clashes with rebel fighters.

this comes through rebel peace keeping that syria is in full scale civil war. they abused children and used them as human shields and tortured children of the suspected distance. >> -- dissidents. they will present him a medal of freedom. is he being recognized for his ability to reach peace in the middle east. he was not able to be there at the white house last month. ahead of the one of the biggest -- a head of one of the biggest banks is expected to apologize and testifies in front of the u.s. senate. scott? >> jamie diamond will say the $2 billion loss did not scald

lore taxpayer money. diamond testifies in front of the senate banking committee in about an hour according to advance testimony, according to reporters, diamond will say jp morgan's portfolio took on unexpected risks and as a result we have let a lot of people down and we are sorry for it. they are wondering whether new banking regulations would help or hurt this industry >> the last thing i believe we need several inflicted -- self- inflicted wounds and most regularly poorly conceived trading and hedging activity in one of our largest banks. >> ceo jamie diamond will be in front of the banking committee in about an hour when we rejoin you from washington. scott mcfarland, ktvu channel 2 morning news. only on 2, police have arrested an alleged group in antioch. they are accused of taking over

in park view court. on monday, they asked the suspects to put a leash on their pit bull but one pulled out a handgun instead. inside the house police found drug paraphernalia and racial slurs in the bedroom. >> i have been finding syringes and crack pipes and all kinds of bags of marijuana. >> now the previous homeowner is still listed on property records and is legally responsible. antioch police have offered a new code enforcement officer to help add to the squatting issue. and a deadly mass shooting in fresno county. he killed his wife, two children and then himself. sing is a former army officer

who lived there for at least five years. investigators say he was wanted for murder in his homeland. police still don't know a motive for saturday's killings. the wife of the man who killed trayvon martin in florida is out of jail on $1,000 bond. shelly dimmer man was arrested and she and her husband told the judge they had limited finances which caused the judge to set a low bail for george zimmerman. they showed george zimmerman transferred $74,000 from his account to her account. the judge revoked his bail. friends of an 18-year-old woman from emoryville will gather for a private viewing. she was shot inside her family's home on june 4th. police say the shooter was her

boyfriend. 18-year-old deangelo and a warmth has been -- warrant has been issued for her arrest. funeral services will be -- funeral services will take place in oakland. the video outlines when officers can have reasonable suspicious that -- suspicion that somebody is in the country illegally. they want them to be prepared if the court upholds the law. congresswoman gabrielle giffords won a special election in arizona to finish out her term. congresswoman gabrielle giffords is on the right and appeared with ron barber at his victory celebration. sheehan picked her former aid as the person to take over her

seat in congress. congresswoman gabrielle giffords resigned following that assassination attempt on her life last night. barber will have to run for reelection in november. mayor ed lee is in florida and is heading the u.s. conference of mayors in orlando which starts today. he is expected to take part in job growth and unemployment programs and will be delivering a speech by vice-president joseph biden. we understand there is a crash in san jose so you may want to check in with sal. that's right, there is a crash there in san jose and one of the cars is disabled. chp has to run a traffic break to get it out of there and that could mean extra slow traffic on your morning commute in san jose. let's go to some live pictures on highway 4 as you drive

passed the willow pass grade, it was slow in antioch and now it is slow in bay point. and the morning commute is backed up to the 880 over crossing and it's about a 10 to 15 minute wait. let's go to steve. fog is there, some of it is closer to the deck some cleared the coastal hills. and mainly around oakland, parts of the bay. fog is there, a little system running to the north. upper 40s on parts of the coast and bodega i saw 47. lots of fog, 50s and 60s and that's the water temperature. patchy clouds, they will burn off fast, sunny and warm, not as warm as the past couple of days temperatures are coming down 5 to 10 degrees. high pressure will be right back, west northwest or west

southwest, it is a sea breeze direction and even southwest, tends towards the napa airport, those are all sea breeze directions. we settle in today and tomorrow and it looks like a little low will settle off of southern california and that could give a turn as we head towards the weekend. windy at times, 50s to 80s and temperatures are coming down and there is too much fog over by the coast. as everything continues to come as advertised we'll see a warmup this weekend. according to a new poll, jet blue which is number one the last seven years remains on top. southwest is in second and the highest rated traditional airline is alaska and comes in

6th. united and u.s. airways comes in at the bottom of the survey. barbara boxer is looking to increase auto repairs before selling those cars. she is forcing them to make that commitment and the other rental agencies say they have similar guidelines but have not promised to uphold that standard. accrual thief leaves away area thief sinking the blues. and we will have more on why they were not able to remember on their special day. you can see your favorite golfer tee off. good morning, traffic does look good heading from marin to san francisco.

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. now at 6:24 let's go back to the desk. san francisco muni officers will have more options and at

the end of the year they hope to have several new bath facilities in the transit system. they have restrooms, muni says it is also working out agreements and businesses. drivers complain they have faced disciplinary actions when they run during roots. they are looking for a heartless thief who robbed a couple on their wedding night. it happened this past weekend while the newly weds were spending the evening in union city. the thieves spotted the rental car that had the words just married on the car doors. the thief then smashed the car windows, grabbed all the couple's wedding gifts and even stole the bride's wedding dress. and the group that is opposed to putting artificial grass and lights in parts of the golden

gate bridge, they are filing an appeal with the san francisco board of supervisors. the environmental impact report which was used to approve changes they say was not adequate. there are alternatives that could give them more time out there on the soccer field and more exposure. well the gates are open for the final practice round before the championship rounds really start at the olympic club. the golfers will be timing up between 7:00 a.m. and 3:00. you will be seeing the practice areas at 7:00 p.m. now the competition happens on father's day weekend and that was not lost on many of the spectators. >> i'll take it home and have it framed and my kids will say dad, can i have it?

just like the 1937 yankee baseball game i had from my father. they expect more than 250,000 spectators this week. a deal to save a sonoma state park should be finalized in the next two weeks. they approved a plan yesterday which would take over operations of the state park for at least one year. now the park is on the hit list of parks scheduled to close in july. supervisors say closing the park would cost tourism and increase vandalism. time now 5:27, nurses are looking to walk off the job, the reason for the strike and we will have more on which hops will be affect -- hospitals will be a affected. it looks like a fire was set deliberately and we will tell you why investigators say it looks suspicious. we will take you on wall street to see what is happening

with stocks.

. the opening bell, in support of lvg. the, employees are there and the benefits of clients global, it is gay pride month as well? >> it is. >> there is a lot of pride events coming on we should say so there on the new york stock exchange they are happy to be there, there is still a lot of concern over europe and we will have all the business news coming up. we will go ahead and smile

and say good morning to you, this is ktvu channel 2 morning news, wednesday june 13th, i am dave clark. >> and i am pam cook, time now 6:30 testimony. the the fire on the overnight peninsular has now triggered and arson investigation. it caused a lot of damage to a redwood apartment complex. lorraine blanco has been out there since 4:30, what do you know lorraine? >> reporter: well arson investigators and police investigators are on the scene right now and if you take a look at the scene, the investigation is going on right behind that in the car port area. investigators found a few things by the cars that make it look suspicious. the early morning fire started up to five cars burning at the same time and you can see it looks like a graveyard and fires spread from the car port

to the apartment above at 2:20 a.m. there is fire and water damage so the whole apartment is evacuated. everybody got out safely and the fire marshall tells me everybody is completely out and fire investigators are still hard at working. >> everybody is picking through what they see, what they get from witnesses and put all that together with the pieces and they get a puzzle together. >> red cross is helping families with food and shelter. >> reporter: as for the cars, five were destroyed but now investigators are looking at everything in daylight and now they say almost a dozen cars have some damage. reporting live lorraine blanco ktvu channel 2 morning news. firefighters called in investigators to figure out how the fire started.

they say nobody was inside but somebody was living in the home and they called in the red cross to help the person who lives there once they find that person. time now 6:30, they are talking about the controversial plan to ban sitting on sidewalks. critics of the idea held this rally outside city hall and they called for the right to sit down from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 at night. violaters could be fined $50. >> if you want to pass a law to criminalize homeless people sitting on the sidewalk, just do it. if you want to give police a tool to harass them, just do it. >> we would like to bring these people sitting on the streets

into our services so they can get beyond homelessness. >> city council asked the city to draft an ordinance. city members will come back and decide whether that measure should go before voters on the november ballot. more than 200 have been wounded and several car bombings in iraq targeting shi'ite pilgrims. you are looking at new video, the bombs went off as hundreds of thousands of shi'ites began an annual pilgrim age commemorating the death of a shi'ite saint. 16 explosions went off rocking that country and it was one of the deadliest attacks since american troops pulled out of there. we also have brand-new video from the jerry sandusky trial. there is jerry sandusky right there. he just arrived at the courthouse, this is about an

hour ago. getting out of his lawyer's car he quickly went inside the courtroom. he showed no emotion when a former assistant football coach testified he saw jerry sandusky sod mizing a young boy in the showers. another boy testified he was assaulted through a four-year span beginning at age 11. they weighed evidence for about 15 minutes before being dismissed for the day. the trial included 26 days of testimony from 46 witnesses. the former baseball star is accused of lying to a congressional committee when he said he never used steroids. clemens wife and four sons watched from the second row of the courtroom. this morning, 11 nurses at bay area hospitals are preparing to walk off the job. joining us now with the

proposed cuts that would put the safety of nurses and patients at risk, tara? >> reporter: well nurses have just started to arrive and they are ready to go across the street from where we are standing. more than 4400 nurses are expected to go on strike and one of the hospitals is here in oakland. they held similar walk outs and their contract expired last summer. nurses are upset because the company wants to take away portions of their long standing contracts. sutter health wants unprecedented cuts in sick leave and healthcare benefits. >> to not demand nurses spend for their own health, imagine a hospital that does not think nurses should be able to have healthcare for themselves or their families, that is disgraceful. >> reporter: sutter says nurses on average make $136,000 a

year. >> the union is asking for costly benefits, like free healthcare for life that would increase the cost of healthcare for patients by millions of dollars. >> nurses say that is not true. sutter has rehired replacement nurses and contracting nurses will not be able to return to working right away. live in oakland. i am tara moriarty, ktvu channel 2 morning news. new details in fremont. more people lost their jobs than first thought when that solar manufacturer shut down in august. they showed 1900 workers were let go according to the report in the bay citizens. previously it was reported that 100 workers were laid off and that figure did not take into account 800 people with positions that were filled by contractors and some other workers there. >> san jose city council

approved a pension plan for city workers. but city workers after july 1st will have to pay half. that according to the mercury news and they also voted to give retirees the option of a lower cost healthcare plan which the city will save more than $10 million a year. the changes come one week after san jose voters approved pension reform measures b. sal, how is the commute looking? >> i was just looking at my computer and there are some power lines down and we had a report from one of our viewers who said it could affect the courthouse in that area as well. winston area near the santa clara courthouse, make sure you are on time for your appearance, i don't think the judge will by that.

let's go to the toll plaza, that is about a 15 minute delay before you get into san francisco. also the morning commute looks good on interstate 880 here in oakland with no major problems and the traffic is moving along well. northbound 101 in san jose, they are track trouble clearing a crash in the left lane about the out -- but the rest of it looks great in cupertino. >> big fog bank on almost all of the coasts except the sonoma coast. every with where else it has moved locally inland. fog drizzle coast and bay for everyone, our decent sea breeze has kicked in still upper 80s and 60s and 70s everywhere

else. daily city, too much fog with a westerly breeze, 58, san jose from 85 to 75 and couldn't cords from 89 to 80 degrees. reap cannot only is the fog bank increased and the sea breeze has ramped up big time. southwest, or southwest oakland. san jose mostly cloudy skies these are 5 degrees cooler than the past couple of mornings. the system is right there to the north and the reason being, that allows the high to get knocked down a little bit. i don't buy into these 90s this forecast map is showing. fog and drizzle, windy at times, once the fog burns off and temperatures are coming in

upper 70s, calistoga 84 and 79 walnut creek, danville 89 degrees, hayward 67 degrees 84 morgan hill, 75 san jose, cupertino santa clara, lots of fog and there will be some sun. 75 san mateo, pearl game low are 70s, and 60s for is a san mateo. it may be warm to very warm, rapid warmup especially saturday and sunday. shocking story, a toddler thrown from a car during a police chase, but she got up and walked away. continuing search for sierra lemar, what her parents will do today to increase the chance of finding her. and good morning, highway 4, it looks busy, we will tell you more straight ahead.

. the fire has gutted two apartment units and damaged

several cars. investigators think that fire was deliberately set. also a 17-year-old boy was shot and killed in san jose right in front of rocket ship elementary school. witnesses say the teen was shot by somebody who was inside a car. and nurses at 11 bay area hospitals are set to go on strike in the next hour. 4400 nurses are expected to be on picket lines for this one day strike and they are saying sutter management is proposing cuts on quality care. they are searching for missing sierra lemar. her parents will increase the reward offered to find her. in april the reward jumped from 20,000 to 2 5,000 and last week the criteria changed to include finding her or information

leading to the prosecution of those responsible for her disappearance. following this morning's announcement, a new search for the 15-year-old will begin. also today, the ethic's committee will take care of several legal matters in the sheriff ross mirkarimi case. the panel will set the final legal ground rules for determining the fate of suspended san francisco sheriff. supervisors will ultimately decide whether sheriff ross mirkarimi will permanently be removed from office. once again sheriff ross mirkarimi's wife is trying to extend her stay in venezuela. they left san francisco with the couple's three-year-old son to care for her sick father. the latest deadline is to return home saturday and they are expected to ask the court for a second extension to remain in venezuela for a few

more months. the man suspected of killing three people near auburn university has surrendered and may appear in court today. that suspect turned himself in, in montgomery pennsylvania. he was charged with assault for shooting at an apartment complex and two auburn football players died in that shooting. it was a dispute over a sacred native american burial ground. they were protesting a proposed trail and we will hear more on why they will be back at the center of the controversy this weekend. a toddler in texas is recovering from minor injuries this morning after being rejected from an suv during a high-speed chase. this is new video of that crash

and you can see the 18 months old -- look at that, she had been thrown from the car, there she is getting up on to her feet, somebody grabs her a woman inside the suv jumped up and got her out of the road. the toddler's father was wanted for robbery, both he and the baby's mother were arrested. let's go back to sal. what is going on in hayward sal? well we have a power line down and it looks like the poll -- something happened to it or it broke and you can see the power lines are down between santa clara street and right near the courthouse community development center and just a lot of county buildings there and we do have a little bit of a traffic jam ensuing because of this power lines down and we also have a power outage.

if you know somebody in hayward in this area, you may want to give them a wakeup call. they may not be getting their alarm this morning. sometimes they can watch our homes on mobile devices and your regular power will be restored. and again maybe these people are not watching us. let's look at the commute westbound bay bridge, traffic is backed up all the way to the army base over crossing. and this morning in san jose, the only problem we have had is northbound 101 near allan rock which has been moved to the shoulder already. the fog is back, we just had a couple of tweets coming in, i try to remember too much. 56, overcast. the fog is coming up.

really there is not much fog, a lot more than we have seen the last couple of mornings that is for sure. although the sonoma case looks good, and that's not the case for santa cruz county and drizzle around the bay, sunny and breezy, patchy clouds, it will be sunny, cooler still on the warm side, 80s instead of 90s, the system moved into the north, and it is more pronounced this morning, up in beau canon, the delta breeze is in place, southwest at the napa airport, cooler direction from low 50s and these are much cooler than the past couple of mornings. there is the system, you can see it moving into seattle and high pressure will start to come back by friday. winds will pick up, much of the

higher elevations will definitely help cool and also 60s and 79 walnut creek, brentwood is one of the warmer location livermore 81 and 84 morgan hill, fremont, sunny veil, low-to-mid 70s on most of the peninsular and upper 60s and 70s and 50s and 60s on the coast. thursday and friday it does look sunny breezy and much warmer as we go to the weekend. commerce report shows u.s. sales are down even after excluded volatile sales went up slightly last month and that suggests small job growth may be leading consumers to pull back again. done with its makeovers, today marks the end of a five year $1 billion overhaul to correct problems at the park.

the rides hazardous any story lines and even the rep application can, you replica has a new purpose. but friday, three new rides open up, it is a recreational fictional town and we will give you a sneak peak. >> you are going. time now 651. millions of dollars are on the line. it is looming. >> also, we are all used to add dresses on the internet but they are about to change. and we will give you an update for your morning drive and we also have some troubled spots to let you know about.

. welcome back to the ktvu channel 2 morning news, i want to take you live to wall street dow jones industrial average down to 12511 and a lot of focus on jp morgan chase, they are saying an apology is not enough because it is affecting stock markets. coming up, we may see the biggest additions to internet addresses since the 1980s.

the corporation for assigned names and numbers will announce new domain numbers, they include dot bank, dot krystal boothe and dot l o l. it will be two more years before we see them in active use. they are making plans to develop the old army base. it was a major sea port for the military and city leaders have called it a potential economic goldmine. one company wants to turn it into a warehouse and logistics hub. the city council will vote next tuesday and if it's not done quickly they could lose money in state funding. california voters will decide whether to require special labels for janetly modified -- genetically modified foods. this week the secretary of state certified the measure for

the state's new ballot. this will require them to modify any genetic meats and if it passes it will be the first of its kind in the nation. they have a new app for hungry travelers on the go and it is called before you board. it allows you to order food and have it delivered right to your gate. only four are in the nation and the only one is in the west coast right now. sal is back and you have the chopper working too? >> we have live pictures of the hayward power lines between santa clara and amador and that place is closed and this will cause delays for some of the government buildings. also looking at the bay bridge toll plaza, that is about a 15 minute wait and now in bay point, they are coming over the

hill to concord. let's go to steve. mark in pleasant hill said it is sunny but boy was it breezy earlier. most locations around the bay have to deal with it. cooler 50s 60s and 70s and now 80s inland. coming to a story we have been following, a suspicious fire at a redwood city apartment complex. also bay area nurses are getting ready to hit the picket line. stay right here with us.